Firefly Pets? by Ivy

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Firefly Pets?

POSTED BY: IVY
UPDATED: Tuesday, May 2, 2006 17:34
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Saturday, March 11, 2006 9:56 AM

I was wondering if anyone has named pets (or maybe children) after characters in Firefly. (Or if it's only me!)

I rescued a stray cat (male) back in October and he is Jayne. (I also have 4 other cats, named after various flowers and astronomical features).

We just adopted a big dog last week from the shelter and my husband named him Hoban (in honor of his favorite Firefly character.) He is 70 pounds of Irish Wolfhound mutt and has the sweetest personality.

So....anyone else?

Ivy

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I've been sane a while now, and change is good...

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Saturday, March 11, 2006 10:11 AM

UNREGISTEREDCOMPANION

I always thought Fanty & Mingo would be great names for a couple of kittens :D

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Saturday, March 11, 2006 10:35 AM

MATTCOZ

I want a pet badger named Badger.

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Saturday, March 11, 2006 10:40 AM

HYDRAGON

I don't have any pets, or children for that matter, neing 15 and all. If I had been into Buffy and Firefly, I probably owuld have fought to get my sister to be named Buffy or WIllow or Kaylee or something.

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Saturday, March 11, 2006 11:54 AM

GINOBIFFARONI

I have a Chocolate Lab named Kaylee

And she is just as sweet !!!!!!!!!!

" Over and in, last call for sin
While everyone's lost, the battle is won
With all these things that I've done "

The Killers

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Saturday, March 11, 2006 12:19 PM

ROCKETJOCK

Quote:
Originally posted by mattcoz:
I want a pet badger named Badger.

Actually, to be logically consistant, you'd have to name the badger "Low-life cockney punk"; but you'd probably get tired of explaining the in-joke...

"It's only spelled "Luxury Yacht"; it's pronounced "Throatwarbler Mangrove"." -- Monty Python

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Saturday, March 11, 2006 6:47 PM

FLAUTISTFIRST

No, but if I ever get another pet or another child, I will stongly consider it.

FF

There's no place I can be since I found serenity.

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Saturday, March 11, 2006 7:15 PM

THENAVIGATOR

Quote:
Originally posted by UnregisteredCompanion:
I always thought Fanty & Mingo would be great names for a couple of kittens :D"

i think ferrets or weasels would be better suited.

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Saturday, March 11, 2006 7:35 PM

HAILFAX

I bought a hamster a couple months back and he is rightfully named Simon

We're deep in space, corner of No and Where.

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Saturday, March 11, 2006 8:08 PM

JUSTSHINY

Well, it's not really a pet...but my friend gave me a flamingo purse. It's like a stuffy with with a zipper and a little hole for your stuff.

I decided to call it Fanty since "mingo" was already in the name of the animal.

Ya, I'm probably crazy, but o well.

Serenity will fly again.

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Sunday, March 12, 2006 6:21 AM

VITABRAND

Zoe the American Pitbull Terrier. Fits the character to a "T".

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Sunday, March 12, 2006 6:46 AM

SERYN

there is currently an appeal going in our musuem to raise funds to extend our ant colonies home. £5 to sponsor an ant and you can name it anything you like.

If I had £50 we'd have soldier ants called Mal Zoe, Jayne and River, Worker ants called Simon Kaylee, Wash, Inara and Book and I'd petition the nice guy up there to call the Queen ant Serenity.

but even if its not offical, little ant-y mal is running around up there already. He's the one thats constantly trying to escape the colony and go explore the museum.

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Sunday, March 12, 2006 6:55 AM

BRITCHICK

I have a ginger cat named Hoban Washburn, or Wash for short. We've had him since he was born, and he's nearly two now.

Everyone who meets him asks why he's called Wash and are disappointed to find out it's after a TV show character. My Vet has imagined we called him "Wash" because he kept sleeping in the washing basket.

Sadly, no one has yet set "Hey, is he named after Wash in Firefly/Serenity".

Hazel

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Sunday, March 12, 2006 7:33 AM

REAVERINA1985RIVIERA

Quote:
Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni:
I have a Chocolate Lab named Kaylee

And she is just as sweet !!!!!!!!!!

Sweet as chocolate or sweet as Kaylee?

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How many Jaynes does it take to change a light bulb?

Two. One to try to put it in and another to find a bigger hammer.

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Sunday, March 12, 2006 8:21 AM

IVY

That is totally why we are calling our dog Hoban instead of Wash although his full name is, obviously, Hoban Washburn!

Our vet asked about his name and now he is going to rent the Firefly disks and check out the show. We may have a new Browncoat in the making!

Ivy

I've been sane a while now, and change is good...

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Sunday, March 12, 2006 8:27 AM

SHADOWCHILD

Hm hadnt thought of it. I am now! Maybe Ill rename my bettas...

Speaking of FireFly pets, does anyone else think they couldve had some in the movie/series? No more cows obviously, but maybe somethign small...a canary or something. ^_^ Just an animal lovers thoughts...

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"You are such a boob."

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Sunday, March 12, 2006 8:34 AM

GRIZWALD

Quote:
Speaking of FireFly pets, does anyone else think they couldve had some in the movie/series? No more cows obviously, but maybe somethign small...a canary or something.

A BEAGLE, of course.

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They couldn't take the sky from them.
Our Big Damn Heroes made a film!

... C'mon Universal, and greenlight a sequel...

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Sunday, March 12, 2006 8:57 AM

UNREGISTEREDCOMPANION

I vote for cats.....they can get all the space rats out of the hidey-holes in a Firefly class ship. A litter box trained pet would be a neccessity on a ship as well. Cat...definately cat.

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"Funny and sexy. You have no idea. And you never will."

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Sunday, March 12, 2006 9:24 AM

SHADOWCHILD

Idk why but somehow I can picture River with a birdy. Ja! A cat for the space rats, and a bird for the space bugs!!! Or tarantula...or scorpion...or some bug eating thing... >.>

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"You are such a boob."

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Sunday, March 12, 2006 9:27 AM

REAVERINA1985RIVIERA

Gekkos. I noticed that Serenity had roaches inside the floor/bulkhead, and gekkos eat lots of roaches.

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How many Jaynes does it take to change a light bulb?

Two. One to try to put it in and another to find a bigger hammer.

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Sunday, March 12, 2006 9:36 AM

UNREGISTEREDCOMPANION

Gekko's...never thought of that. They are pretty harmless....and look cool just kind of hanging on the walls.

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"Funny and sexy. You have no idea. And you never will."

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Sunday, March 12, 2006 11:13 AM

MER

I don't have any pets, but so far, my car's named Hoburne"Wash" Washborne, my laptop's name is Jayne, and my PC is Zoe (like a motherfuting tank!)

I have this weird feeling that I'd end up naming my future pets after Buffy characters before Firefly O_o;;

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Sunday, March 12, 2006 12:49 PM

I don't - but my brother has a horse they got recently and called it Zoe. Imagine my surprise when I bought them Serenity for Christmas thinking they'd loved it and he and his wife told me how much they hated Firefly! Heathens...

Of course they hate everything I buy for them and feel very free to tell me about it so I figured at least this year if they were gonna hate what I bought anyways - I'd at least let us benefit from it! Who know - maybe he'll watch the movie (without whatsherface around) and I'll convert him yet. He loves Buffy so I don't get it. Mine is a strange and unusual family. I think he's soaks his brains in pickle brine at night. It's the only thing I can think of.

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"See, this is another sign of your tragic space dementia, all paranoid and crotchety. Breaks the heart."

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Sunday, March 12, 2006 1:53 PM

BULLET1510

I have two male black hooded rats - and you guessed it, they are called Fanty and Mingo :)

They are difficult to tell apart - Fanty has a very small black patch of fur at the base of his tail.

Mingo is very bossy and always pushes Fanty to the side when it's 'treat time' and Fanty is more amenable to cuddles...

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Thursday, March 16, 2006 10:37 PM

DONTCALLMELAWRENCE

Not sure if this counts, but I named my 1853 Enfield Rifle (for reenactment purposes only) Jayne...

... he is my very favorite gun.

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Friday, March 17, 2006 4:07 AM

JAYNESBUNKWOMAN

Have two dogs that were acquired before I became a browncoat so no firefly themed names - yet
I seem to prefer scruffy type dogs so new one would be Jayne, or Hero of Canton (that could also be it's registered name and I could shorten it to Hero and call him jayne when really pissed!!)

I like the idea of ferrets and rats being fanty and mingo!! Ferrets could also be serenity pets.

I'll be in Jaynes bunk

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Friday, March 17, 2006 4:31 AM

PERSEPHONE736

No pets named after characters but I named my car Simon:)

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Friday, March 17, 2006 8:59 PM

FLORALBUNNY

With my years of cat-box and birdcage experience, I can't erase the ugly picture which forms when I think of Serenity in her tailspin if there were a cat -- or any kind of pet besides maybe a gecko -- aboard.
Ai, yi, yi!

bun
-- bastards singed my turtle --
----- why's the rum gone? -----

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Friday, March 17, 2006 9:57 PM

LUVRHINO

I have a Beagle / Corgi mix named Kaylee, and yes, she has a brown coat!

We've done the ordinary, and that makes us average.
Damning "The Man" for over 30 years.

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Saturday, March 18, 2006 2:37 AM

STARRBABY

Gotta pit bull named Zoe. She's pretty like Gina.

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Saturday, March 18, 2006 2:42 AM

MERROVINGIAN

none named after the FF/Serenity folks, but two cats named Crookshanks and Sirius Black.....the next one is Niska!

post-holer......for digging holes-for posts.

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Saturday, March 18, 2006 6:07 AM

JETTHD

I got my cat last August when I was all amped up waitin' for our BDM and ended up naming her Kaylee. She's beautiful and spunky so it fits very well.

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Saturday, March 18, 2006 10:34 AM

WILDHEAVENFARM

Here's my Whedon-y kittens http://www.fireflyfans.net/sunroomitem.asp?i=1013 And we briefly had a goat named Jayne Doe (which is twice as funny and twice as lame as you realize).

Mary
Always a beast, never a burden.

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Saturday, March 18, 2006 10:44 AM

WILDHEAVENFARM

Quote:
Originally posted by FloralBunny:
With my years of cat-box and birdcage experience, I can't erase the ugly picture which forms when I think of Serenity in her tailspin if there were a cat bun
B]

Imagine no longer! http://politicalphysics.com/video_clips/cat.mov

Mary
Always a beast, never a burden.

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Saturday, March 18, 2006 11:03 AM

PERSEPHONE736

that is too weird.

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Saturday, March 18, 2006 1:25 PM

NATVANYA

dude the rabbit that lives in my garden we named him mr.McMal-Butt :)(hes a white cotton tail and we dont think he a wild rabbit eaither he dont look wild he looks lioke a store bought white bunny with red eyes)

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Saturday, March 18, 2006 2:33 PM

COLDHEARTED

I have a pitbull/s. terrior mix, huge baby named Vera :) Sadly most don't understand the reference.

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Saturday, March 18, 2006 4:15 PM

FLORALBUNNY

WildHeavenFarm:
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Imagine no longer!
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Gaaaah! And in case nobody noticed we have a member named ShipsCat, color of coat unknown...

bun
-- bastards singed my turtle --
----- why's the rum gone? -----

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Saturday, March 18, 2006 6:01 PM

HARDWARE

I have a menagerie of animals.

Gage, my American Staffordshire Terrier
Chance, American Pit Bull Terrier/Labrador Retriever
Jeckyl, anarcho-psychotic cat
Margarita, Rita for short, beautiful but crotchety cat
Harcourt Fenton Mudd, 16 year old cat and CPO, Chief Pet Officer. He's named after a Star Trek TOS recurring character, but he was named YEARS before Joss was creating TV shows.

Bemmy, my Bug Eyed Monster, elderly rescue Boston Terrier. Let her go last November. Sleep well.

The more I get to know people the more I like my dogs.

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Tuesday, March 28, 2006 5:51 PM

COPILOT

That poor kitty cat! Damn mean old astronauts!

An I carried such a torch

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 1:13 PM

MEGMAC

I just told my mom that when I can get my own palce, I'm going to have a ginger cat called "Wash" in tribute.

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Mal: Wheel never stops turning, Badger.
Badger: That only matters to the people on the rim.

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 1:28 PM

TARRISH

I don't have a pet named after a Firefly character yet because I became a Browncoat late in the game. After rewatching every single episode this past week I know my next pet will sport a name from the show for sure! Now I just have to figure out which name. Of course, it will have to do with the pet's personality and looks. I would love to have a female cat named River though, or a dirty old mut named Jayne. :D

All my pets at this point have names from Buffy and LOST. We have Xander the Rat, Locke the cat, and Kate/ Sawyer my two turtles. :)

"It's just an object. It doesn't mean what you think." River

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 1:30 PM

CAPTAINARI

I just recently got a new car and there was a popular outcry to name it Sex Machine...I thought it may be too much for the parents so I called her Inara instead...not quite the same, but it works.

"Wash, tell me I'm pretty."

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 2:29 PM

SAMEERTIA

Hardware!
You named your cat after Mudd? I LOVE it!

No pets currently except the fish. The only that's named is Oto - because he's an otocinclus. Original, huh?
God, I'm pathetic!

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Monday, May 1, 2006 6:38 PM

SHINYALBATROSS

I have this computer that one second is normal and the next second decides to go crazy so I gave it the appropriate name of Albatross. I'm also thinking of naming my child (which I've sworn never to have)Inara. I find that to be a beautiful name.

And I'm definitely going to name a pet Wash or Mal depending on it's personality. If it's bold Mal and if it's silly Wash.

"Whaddya think that makes us?"
"Big Damn Heros, sir"
"Ain't we just"

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Monday, May 1, 2006 6:54 PM

VINTERDRAKEN

Aint got no pets at the moment, and Im to young/to single to get kids. However ive been thinking about naiming a pet efter someone in the series.

You can’t stop the Signal.
Keep spreading the word about Firefly!

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Monday, May 1, 2006 6:54 PM

VINTERDRAKEN

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Tuesday, May 2, 2006 1:30 AM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

I remember reading a thread from someone who named her daughter Kaylee. Might even have been Kaylee Jayne, I don't remember becuase it was a bit ago.
I personally don't have anything with names from the verse because I haven't gotten anything that needs naming since I became a browncoat. After my current cat, which I've had the last 13+ years, I'm not sure I want another pet, but you can bet that the next car I buy will be named "River", esspecially if I can manage a zippy little number in green or blue. But if I end up with another big brown car (like my very first car, some five years ago) I will call it "Mal" or "Zoe". Might be awhile before I get a new car, though. Maybe I can get a paint job on my current one and change it's name! (It is currently named "Canbe" from a character in a little book called The Phantom Tollbooth) We shall see. Light green or blue, re-christened River... yeah, that'd be nice.

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One mission.
One legion of Browncoats.

Starting June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.

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Tuesday, May 2, 2006 1:40 AM

GRIZWALD

Quote:
Originally posted by SameErtia:
No pets currently except the fish. The only that's named is Oto - because he's an otocinclus. Original, huh?
God, I'm pathetic!

I can empathize. We have a plecostomus named Pleh.

I'm probably imagining things, but I think he may know his name, even. Big ol ugly endearing spiky bulgy-eyed slime-eatin poison-slingin nasty-tempered fishie we've had a long time now so he is family.

Or she. I've never actually checked.

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They could not take the sky from them -
Our Big Damn Heroes made a film!
I'm gonna see Serenity then
go back the next morning and see it again.
Cuz no one at Fox knew this show had no equal
C'mon Universal, and greenlight the sequel!

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Tuesday, May 2, 2006 1:41 AM

GRIZWALD

Quote:
Originally posted by Coldhearted:
I have a pitbull/s. terrior mix, huge baby named Vera :) Sadly most don't understand the reference.

Awwwww, now that's sweet.

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They could not take the sky from them -
Our Big Damn Heroes made a film!
I'm gonna see Serenity then
go back the next morning and see it again.
Cuz no one at Fox knew this show had no equal
C'mon Universal, and greenlight the sequel!

Click on my profile for my Annoyingly Long List of Firefly Links.

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Tuesday, May 2, 2006 3:07 AM

ACRAZYIVAN

We're getting chickens at my mom's house this spring for eggs. I'm naming mine Kaylee, since she'll never get any action 'cause the eggs are for eating.

I thought it was pretty clever.

I thought about naming all the chickens after the characters, but that one seemed to fit best (especially since we're not getting any roosters). Maybe if one is badass and fights a lot I'll name it Zoe.

Keep on flyin'

"We've gotta go to the crappy town where I'm a hero."

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